Communication
Reference:
Arutiunian E.G., Baichik A.V., Blochin I.N., Petrosyan D.V.
New media as a subject of political communication
// Litera.
2024. ¹ 7.
P. 1-11.
DOI: 10.25136/2409-8698.2024.7.71110 EDN: GFEVUK URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=71110
Abstract:
The media space is the most dynamic and rapidly developing not only technological, but also economic, cultural, social and political phenomenon of our time, and new communication channels are being formed in the global digital network. The purpose of the article is to analyze new media as a subject of the political process. The subject is new media, and the object is the cultural and political identification of an individual in new media. The novelty of the work lies in the fact that new media are an innovative and extremely important tool in determining cultural and political identity. Countries belong to the same civilization, which means that their culture is based on identical values – this is of fundamental importance, since the effectiveness of the imposed system of values and norms can be realized in a particular country only if the tasks being disseminated are consonant with the values of society. Conceptual, phenomenological and sociolinguistic analysis, the method of system analysis, and the historical and cultural method were used as methods and approaches. As a result of a comprehensive analysis, the following conclusions were drawn: the disseminated values can be effective only if they are in tune with the civilizational model of the region, and on the contrary, the imposed foundations will not effectively affect society if they contradict its civilizational identification and cultural and political affiliation. The actions of an individual and society as a whole are determined by his self-identification, therefore, a political course can be effective in a particular country if the tasks being implemented are consonant with the values of society. This study may be useful for researchers studying communication in the digital environment, the impact of new media on the agenda, the realization of political goals through online media, as well as for international journalists, diplomats, political scientists and media researchers when writing analytical materials on topics related to the working concepts of the current study.
Keywords:
media environment, the concept of smart crowd, hedonic media consumption, digital democracy, mediatization, political identification, cultural identification, political communication, new media, Journalism
Literary criticism
Reference:
Zhang Y.
The duel in the novel "The Captain's Daughter" by A. S. Pushkin
// Litera.
2024. ¹ 7.
P. 12-21.
DOI: 10.25136/2409-8698.2024.7.71171 EDN: XEPZFS URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=71171
Abstract:
This article is devoted to study the duel in the novel "The Captain's Daughter" by A. S. Pushkin. It’s aimed at revealing the artistic function of the duel episode between Grinev and Shvabrin (in the 3rd and 4th chapters of the novel). "The Captain's Daughter" as one of the Pushkin’s most significant works is always the focus of attention in domestic and foreign science, however, so far there have been few specialized researches devoted to the ideological and semantic content of the duel in the novel. The concept of this article is based on the understanding that Pushkin's historicism not only denotes an accurate recreation of the past, but also often reflects the writer's comprehension of the present – this is the direct theoretical prerequisite which allows the double interpretation of the duel in the novel. The methodology is based on the work analysis with consideration of literary, historical, biographical contexts, and the main methods are cultural-historical, sociological, hermeneutic, and axiological. The author concludes that Pushkin in the novel "The Captain's Daughter" not only recreates the situation of a provincial duel during the Pugachev’s Rebellion, but also describes another circumstance that he concerns about – the moral crisis of Russain nobility in the 1830s, and Grinev’s behavior contains the writer's sincere call for honor. The scientific novelty of this research is determined by the new approach to the subject: double interpretation of the meaning of the duel between Grinev and Shvabrin is undertaken for the first time, and honor is considered as a key concept which allows to connect history and modernity in the Pushkin’s novel. Thus, the study makes a significant contribution to study the artistic function of the duel in the novel "The Captain's Daughter" and extends the understanding of A. S. Pushkin's artistic world.
Keywords:
Pushkin, doppelganger heroes, Shvabrin, Grinev, the moral crisis, history and modernity, the nobility, honor, duel, The Captain's Daughter
Character in literature
Reference:
Song D.
Xue Baochai and Marya Bolkonskaya: a comparative analysis of the characters of the novels of Cao Xueqin and Leo Tolstoy
// Litera.
2024. ¹ 7.
P. 22-29.
DOI: 10.25136/2409-8698.2024.7.71186 EDN: XBPWUS URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=71186
Abstract:
The article is devoted to the comparison of the images of the characters of Xue Baochai in Cao Xueqin's novel "The Dream in the Red Chamber" and Marya Bolkonskaya in Leo Tolstoy's epic "War and Peace". In Cao Xueqin's novel, a full-fledged image of Xue Baochai was created as the "ideal woman" in relation to traditional society. In the novel by L. N. Tolstoy, among a number of female images, the essence of which is revealed through the "dialectic of the soul", Marya Bolkonskaya is a woman with a kind heart and strong religious beliefs. To date, there have been no attempts in literary studies to compare the formation of a female characters in Russian and Chinese literature. It seems possible to compare two female characters in terms of their appearance and psychological traits, the philosophical ideas of the authors, as well as to identify the problem of the influence of the historical period in which the characters live. When writing the article, the method of comparative analysis was used, this allowed to identify the common and special in literary works. Using this method, similar life paths of the characters of the novels and different ways of depicting them were revealed. The novelty of the research lies in an attempt to compare the images of the characters of two literary masterpieces describing different eras and countries. The main conclusions of the author of the article are as follows: Cao Xueqin, who was influenced by traditional Chinese ideas, created a complex and tragic image of Xue Baochai and revealed the nature of the position of a woman within the framework of feudal social relations; L. N. Tolstoy, in the process of creating the image of Mary Bolkonskaya, followed Christian ideals, endowing the character with virtues; Due to the difference of the authors' life experiences and ideological views, as well as the socio-economic conditions of their formation and development, the fates of the characters of their works also differ.
Keywords:
female images, dialectics of the soul, comparative analysis, Leo Tolstoy, Marya Bolkonskaya, Cao Xueqin, Xue Baochai, War and Peace, the Red Chamber, role of the women
Journalism
Reference:
Akopov G.L., Arutiunian E.G., Gromova L.P., Petrosyan D.V.
The socio-cultural dimension of the "culture of cancellation" as a phenomenon of the XXI century
// Litera.
2024. ¹ 7.
P. 30-40.
DOI: 10.25136/2409-8698.2024.7.71219 EDN: YDOESS URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=71219
Abstract:
The purpose of the article is to analyze the emergence and stages of development of the phenomenon of "cancellation culture". The subject is the formation of a concept, and the object is the modification of the "culture of cancellation" in the context of socio-cultural and political events. The novelty of the work lies in the substantiation of the concept of "culture of cancellation" from the perspective of Russian discourse. The authors study the "abolition" of an entire country and its culture on the example of Russia, as a result of which the ways of ousting the country from international discourse and the consequences of this act were revealed. The concept of "cancellation culture" is firmly fixed in the language resource of modern journalists and media analysts, this vocabulary unit activates a significant interest in in-depth research in domestic and foreign discourse. The "culture of abolition" as a phenomenon arose in the public environment of the United States and Europe at the turn of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries as an instrument of social justice, which is presented as a modern form of ostracism that allows manipulating public opinion. Conceptual analysis, sociolinguistic analysis and intent analysis were used as methods and approaches in the research. The concept of "culture of cancellation" can be considered as a tool for manipulating society, in this case, the process of deformation by the conceptual sphere of the ethnocultural dominant of the subject or society as a whole is analyzed. Similar phenomena are observed in the examples of ethnocultural groups, when certain events occur in the surrounding reality that affect the consciousness of the subject. Negative facts have an impact on a person, erasing established principles and values from consciousness, in the structure of social relations. Scientists have revealed that, under these circumstances, the concept, as an instrument of influence, is transmitted using information received by a certain ethnocultural group. In the study, we also established that a concept is an algorithm for understanding certain cultures, for example, psychological, historical, cultural, logical–semantic, linguistic, etc. In this regard, the "culture of cancellation" as a concept is a process in which certain ideas arise, which are formed against the background of events in the information and social environment and society. The process of "cancellation culture" is rapidly spreading not only within a single country to achieve certain goals, but also throughout the modern world.
Keywords:
social networks, echo chambers, spiral of silence, new media, culture industry, impact of the concept, ostracism, cancel culture, digital communication, media impact
Interpretation
Reference:
Petrenko A.I.
Linguistic methods of representing the images of the main characters in Kawabata Yasunari’s novel “Snow Country”
// Litera.
2024. ¹ 7.
P. 41-49.
DOI: 10.25136/2409-8698.2024.7.71207 EDN: YDWHOU URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=71207
Abstract:
The article is devoted to the study of features of Kawabata Yasunari's idiostyle in the novel "Snow Country". The subject of description and interpretation are different-level linguistic resources and stylistic means of expression, which serve to verbalize the central artistic idea (artistic hyperconcept), create the image system of the work and participate in the formation of the writer's individual style. The purpose of the study is to identify those author's methods of verbalization of the central artistic idea, which are associated with the representation of the images of the main characters of the work, Shimamura and Komako, correlated and contrasted in the figurative structure of the novel. The initial hypothesis is the idea that the images of the main characters, along with the image of the Milky Way, are part of the complex artistic and figurative structure of the work, embodying the hyperconcept of loneliness as an inability to love. The methodology of the study is determined by contextual, component and conceptual analysis. As the main method of linguistic research in the work is used linguistic-stylistic with the use of semantic-stylistic analysis techniques and the method of "word-image". The novelty of the study lies in addressing a little-studied aspect of the study of the writer's creativity. As a result of the research, the lexical, grammatical (morphological and syntactic) and stylistic, as well as textual means of representation of the images of the main characters, their role in the formation of the author's idiostyle were established. The core image that links all of the above is the image of the male character, Shimamura. It seems promising to apply the obtained results in further study of Kawabata Yasunari's idiostyle on the material of his other works.
Keywords:
Komako, Shimamura, inability to love, loneliness, artistic hyperconcept, figurative representation, image, writer's idiostyle, Snow Country, Kawabata Yasunari
Communication
Reference:
Polukhtina M.R.
Youth upbringing: a factor of the media environment
// Litera.
2024. ¹ 7.
P. 50-62.
DOI: 10.25136/2409-8698.2024.7.71176 EDN: YMHZOY URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=71176
Abstract:
Schoolchildren are active users of the Internet, where they communicate, play, and interact with social network content that is not always useful for them. The flow of information disseminated in the media, including potentially unacceptable information, unhinderedly comes to the attention of the student, who, due to his age, cannot properly understand and evaluate the information situation. All this has a certain influence on the formation of his personality. The purpose of this study lies in updating the media factors influencing the formation of a teenager’s personality as an Internet user. The subject of the study is the ability to ensure the cognitive safety of young Internet users through the development of skills for assessing the meaning of media information and the formation of critical thinking in its perception. The following methods were used in the study: discussion of issues in a focus group, content analysis. In forming the composition of the focus group, we used the author’s methodology of including students from a specialized journalism class from one of the schools in St. Petersburg. The novelty of the study lies in the method used to achieve representativeness of the analysis through the special selection of focus group participants who became the object of analysis. Schoolchildren from St. Petersburg demonstrated a high level of awareness of potential threats that exist on the Internet. They also noted that their personal safety was exposed to serious risks posed by the online environment. The results of the study indicated a tendency among schoolchildren to evaluate media events from a moral point of view. For modern teenagers, the key values are truth, freedom, authority, loyalty and justice. It is important to consciously raise students' awareness of media resources and develop their critical thinking about their own experiences with information security.
Keywords:
authority, freedom, truth, high school, moral guidelines, schoolchildren, moral values, cognitive development, internet security, justice